Ecclesiastes 7:29

“Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.”
King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations of Ecclesiastes 7:29

Loe, this onely haue I found, that God hath made man vpright: but they haue sought out many inuentions.
- King James Version (1611) - Compare to scan of original Ecclesiastes chapter 7

"Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- American Standard Version (1901)

This only have I seen, that God made men upright, but they have been searching out all sorts of inventions.
- Basic English Bible

Only see this which I have found: that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.
- Darby Bible

Which yet my soul seeketh, and I have not found it. One man among a thousand I have found, a woman among them all I have not found.
- Douay Rheims Bible

Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- Webster's Bible

Behold, this only have I found: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes."
- World English Bible

See, this alone I have found, that God made man upright, and they -- they have sought out many devices.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Behold, this only have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Karl's comment on 2015-06-24 09:54:58:

I think it calms me down now that I am 65 and have been thinking that some of the things that I wanted to do be, will never happen. But it 's okay.

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